Board Track Racer

Board Track Racer

Board track, or motordrome, racing was a type of motorsport, popular in the U.S. between the second and third decades of the 20th century, where competition was conducted on oval race courses with surface composed of wooden planks. Although the tracks most often used motorcycles, many different types of racing automobiles also competed, enough so as to see the majority of 1920s American national championship races contested at such venues.

By the early 1930s, board track racing had fallen out of favor, and into eventual obsolence, due to both its perceived dangers and the high cost of maintenance of the wooden racing surfaces.